Ray Peat tells how an alcoholic man, after taking pregnenolone, told him:
“That's the feeling I've been trying to get from alcohol, but it never worked."
His anxiety and depression lifted.
Moderate amounts of alcohol increase pregnenolone and DHEA, while higher doses increase allopregnanolone and progesterone. All can have calming, antidepressant effects, especially allopregnanolone, as it potently activates GABAA receptors.
Pregnenolone is the precursor to the other three, and it reduces stress-induced alcohol cravings. Alcohol abuse may be related to deficits of these hormones.
“Alcohol (3 units) increased self-reported stimulation, alcohol liking, and desire for more alcohol. Alcohol also increased pregnenolone (PREG) and dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) concentrations, while it decreased progesterone (PROG) and allopregnanolone (ALLO) concentrations, as well as ALLO/PREG and PROG/PREG ratios. In men, the change in PREG concentration was significantly correlated with alcohol liking, while the alcohol-induced change in ALLO concentration correlated significantly with both alcohol liking and desire for more alcohol.”
Ref: Subjective effects and changes in steroid hormone concentrations in humans following acute consumption of alcohol
“Methods: Blood samples were drawn from male adolescents who arrived at the Emergency Department of the Hospital. Two groups were studied: one study group was formed by adolescents who arrived with evident behavioral symptoms of acute alcohol intoxication (AAl) and the other by those arriving for mild trauma (contusions, sprains) after no consumption of alcohol (Controls).”
Ref: Alcohol intoxication increases allopregnanolone levels in male adolescent humans
“Increased anxiety, irritability, and depression among adolescents may induce them to seek the anxiolytic and rewarding properties of alcohol. We studied the effects of acute alcohol intoxication (AAI) on the plasma levels of progesterone and allopregnanolone in female adolescents. Blood samples were drawn from female adolescents who arrived at the emergency department. One study group was formed by those who arrived with evident behavioral symptoms of AAl and the other by those arriving for mild trauma (contusions, sprains) after no consumption of alcohol (controls). Our results demonstrate that AAI significantly increases serum progesterone and allopregnanolone levels in both follicular and luteal phases of the ovarian cycle. Since alcohol and allopregnanolone positively modulate gamma-aminobutyric acid type A (GABA(A)) receptors, allopregnanolone may play a major role in the anxiolytic and rewarding effects of alcohol, either directly or by influencing the sensitivity of GABA(A)-receptors to alcohol.”
Ref: Alcohol intoxication increases allopregnanolone levels in female adolescent humans
Pregnenolone treatment decreased stress- and alcohol cue- induced craving and dose-specifically reduced stress-induced anxiety in the 300 mg/day group. Both pregnenolone doses compared to placebo also normalized CORT/ACTH and increased stress-induced heart rate, stress- and cue-induced SBP, and in the 300 mg pregnenolone group, cue-induced DBP responses relative to neutral condition.
Conclusions: Findings indicate that pregnenolone decreases stress- and alcohol cue-provoked craving and normalizes HPA axis and autonomic arousal in individuals with alcohol use disorder, thereby supporting the need for further assessment of pregnenolone in the treatment of alcohol use disorder.”
Ref: Pregnenolone effects on provoked alcohol craving, anxiety, HPA axis, and autonomic arousal in individuals with alcohol use disorder
Balancedbodymind (UK) and Raena (US) have good pregnenolone. Forefront health pregnenolone has a good reputation. You should be particularly careful sourcing pregnenolone, as many brands produce bad effects, likely due to impurities.
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🚨 IT'S OFFICIAL: By the stroke of pen and flanked by RFK Jr., President Trump establishes a new US vaccine schedule that decreases the number of jabs from 72 to 11 — and spreads them out over multiple visits, rather than pumping the child all at once
"That's a big one in my book!"
MAHA is alive and well! 🇺🇸
Amazing. Now we know why Monsanto went after the dandelions. 🌿
Just one leaf of this "weed" found in every garden might hold the power to change everything.
It kills up to 96% of leukemia cells in just 48 hours.
Sounds like science fiction, right? But nature has been hiding effective remedies right under our noses.
The Root of the Matter
Recent laboratory studies have shown that dandelion root extract is cytotoxic against three types of human leukemia cells. It triggers apoptosis — programmed cell death — in leukemia cells without harming healthy ones.
Dr. Caroline Hamm and her team at the University of Windsor conducted groundbreaking research on this. In one case, a 70-year-old man with acute leukemia, unresponsive to standard chemotherapy, remained in remission for 4 years — as long as he drank dandelion root tea daily.
Within 24–48 hours, the cells were killed.
Beyond Leukemia
Dandelion isn't just a one-trick pony:
🩸 Anemia — Rich in iron, vitamins, and proteins essential for red blood cell formation.
🦴 Strong Bones — Packed with calcium and antioxidants like vitamin C and luteolin.
🍬 Diabetes — Helps stimulate insulin production from the pancreas.
🚽 Urinary Health — Prevents UTIs and supports kidney and bladder function.
🧠 Liver Cleanse — Flushes toxins and maintains proper bile flow.
💩 Digestion — Balances beneficial gut bacteria and promotes appetite.
🧴 Skin Care — Treats microbial and fungal infections, itching, shingles, and eczema.
The Truth They Don't Want You to Know
Monsanto spent billions eradicating this "weed."
Why? Because a free, abundant plant that heals threatens their entire business model.
Dandelion root extract has shown anti-cancer activity against:
Leukemia
Breast cancer
Prostate cancer
Pancreatic, lung, and colorectal cancers
All without the toxic side effects of conventional treatments.
How to Use It
Dandelion Tea Recipe:
1 tsp dried dandelion root (or fresh root)
1 cup hot water
Steep for 10 minutes
Strain and drink
Two cups daily — one before breakfast, one before dinner.
It's bitter. That's your liver thanking you.
Anthony Fauci went in front of a grand jury and took the Fifth 111 TIMES. People — I’m a former mob boss. I took the Fifth. Frank Costello took the Fifth. Joey Gallo took the Fifth. You know why we did it? Because we were criminals, and we didn’t want to incriminate ourselves. So what’s HIS excuse?
We got held accountable for everything. Gambling. Extortion. We paid. I did 8 years. So when does Washington pay? Watch how the mob would have handled Mamdani next: #Fauci #TheFifth #RandPaul #MichaelFranzese #Accountability
The real purpose of mRNA injections is not to "save lives", but to normalize a new Pharma market of mRNA gene modifications because the patents of "normal" medicines are all expiring & Pharma profits nosediving. It is driven by a new market, our bodies, not health.
*Gulp* well Thorne was one of my favorite supplement brands.
They just got acquired by P&G (for $3.8B🤯).
Often when this happens, the acquiring company starts to change the purity, quality and manufacturing of the products (usually to make more money). Thereby changing the identity of the company being acquired.
Until I hear more, I will be AVOIDING ordering or recommending any Thorne products.
O.M.F.G. Trump just posted this image on Truth Social.
Do you know what Washington and Lincoln have in common?
Washington laid the foundations of America’s financial system, national financial architecture, the first bank. Lincoln reinvented it with the greenback and a new banking system. And now Trump places himself beside them.
Washington launched one era, Lincoln another. And this is the signal: a third great shift, a new system built around digital assets, a new financial era.
Let’s. Fucking. Go!
Fruit Loops sat at the top of the FDA’s food pyramid for 50 years. Protein sat near the bottom, blamed for heart attacks with zero science behind it.
Kennedy flipped it. Twelve top-university nutritionists spent eleven months rebuilding what lobbyists wrote.
The lie ran two generations. Real food now sits where the junk used to.
Name the food you feared for decades with nothing backing it. Say why.
Reminder to go touch grass
A scientist in Japan demonstrated that the air inside a forest strengthens your immune system for a full month
The study is incredibly fascinating:
Qing Li, an immunologist at Nippon Medical School in Tokyo, took 12 men on a 3-day forest trip. These were slow walks with no breathing exercises and no set route.
Then he tested their blood and found a surge in natural killer cells -- the immune cells your body uses to fight cancer and virus-infected cells.
Remarkably, the effect didn't fade when they went home, it was still measurable 30 days later.
A control group that walked the same distance through a city showed no change at all.
Pine, cedar, and cypress trees release compounds called phytoncides to defend themselves from insects and bacteria. You breathe them in, and Li believes they switch your immune cells into high gear.
He estimates one forest walk a month may be enough to keep those cells elevated all year.
The best medicine might not even need a prescription -- just a walk among the trees.
CNN’s Dana Bash:
Why are you studying the link between Autism and vaccines? Why not study something that could cause it? Like fetal brain development..
RFK JR:
We are… we’re doing both. In fact, TYLENOL is linked to harmful fetal brain development. The hepatitis B vaccine almost certainly causes autism. You have been fooled. None of these vaccines have been studied. None of the 8 vaccines administered in the first 6 months of life have EVER been studied in relationship to autism. Never.
https://t.co/9QxaB0h3cV
Nobody said a word for twenty years.
Cereal for breakfast, from a box with a cartoon tiger on it. Perfectly normal. Part of a balanced breakfast, it said so on the side.
Sandwich, crisps, fizzy drink, five days a week at a desk. Nobody rang anybody.
Chocolate bar at eleven. Another at three. Colleagues watched this happen daily and said nothing, because they were doing it too.
Takeaway on the Friday. Second takeaway on the Saturday. My mother, who now worries about my kidneys, once brought the second one to the door herself.
Pints on a Thursday, kebab at midnight, chips out of paper on the walk home in the rain. Not one intervention. Not a leaflet. Not a raised eyebrow from a single medical professional in the country.
Biscuits at every meeting I have ever attended, provided by the employer, as a kindness.
Twenty years of that and the general public looked on with total serenity.
Then I ate a ribeye with butter on it and declined the side salad.
Now there's concern. Now it's "but is that sustainable." Now somebody's aunt is a nurse and would like a word. Now I'm getting "everything in moderation" from a man who has had a Twix for lunch since 2009.
Two decades of the actual damage and the room stayed silent throughout.
Turn down a bread roll and suddenly every single one of them is a cardiologist.
Strategy continues their march towards a better credit rating, and ultimately the S&P 500 inclusion.
On the surface, they sold 1,638 Bitcoin for ~$105 million.
But the fine print is important:
(1) Half of those proceeds were explicitly used to pay pref dividends
(2) The other half was explicitly used to repurchase STRC shares
They clearly want to demonstrate to the rating agencies (and the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, the creators of the Basel III rules) that Bitcoin is real and useful capital, and should not be counted as zero on the balance sheet.
They also sold $290 million of common stock, and increased their USD Reserve to $4.0 billion.
This increases their USD dividend coverage to 2.3 years.
It also reduces their YTD BTC Yield to 3.5%, down from a YTD high of 13.0% on June 1.
This may look bad on the surface, but Strategy is clearly playing the long game here.
Their roadmap is very clear:
1. Get STRC back to par, no matter how expensive it will be, to restart their engine
2. Improve the credit ratings methodically
3. Advocate for a change of the Basel III rules
4. Wait for the next Bitcoin bull market to reap the rewards
Those who believe in Bitcoin know that Strategy will be a monster company long-term.
I do.
🚨 SHOCKING: RFK Jr. just dropped this on live national TV
Lyme disease.
RSV (the #1 killer of American kids).
COVID-19. All of them came from gain-of-function research. His exact words: They’ve been engineering the diseases that are destroying us… and then calling it “science.” This isn’t a conspiracy theory anymore.
This is the HHS Secretary saying it out loud.
“Lyme disease almost certainly came from these experiments and is now devastating our country.”
“RSV came from a laboratory, which is now the biggest killer of children in our country.”
“And of course, the COVID-19 pandemic…
All of those have been linked credibly to gain-of-function research.”
“It’s something with enormous costs and no proven benefits.”
“No options left” is often just exhaustion talking. When we’re tired, disappointed, or stuck, it’s easy to give up. But the next possibility appears only after we take a breath, ask for help, change the angle, or try the thing that feels too simple to matter.
The unvaccinated were the most hated people on Earth. They lost their jobs. Friends and families disowned them. They were reported and arrested. Society treated them like lepers…and 7 years later…it turns out that they were right about everything…
Media organizations have proposed SIX California governor debates.
I’ve accepted all six invitations. Xavier Becerra has accepted ZERO.
Xavier: What are you so afraid of?